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Spore Developer Set to Reveal New Title at Comic-Con

The goal in Maxis Software's genre-bending 2008 title, Spore, is to create a species that is eventually capable of creating space-traveling technology. Evidently, the company wants to expound upon that theme as it plans to announce its new game, a sci-fi action-RPG based on Spore, at the San Diego Comic-Con.

The news comes via Comic-Con's programming schedule, which lists the Maxis reveal event for Saturday, July 24 at 6 p.m.

"Maxis Studio (The Sims and Spore video games) has just announced their next project, a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore. Join key leads from the dev team, Thomas Vu, Paul Sottosanti and Lauren McHugh, for the first game reveal to the public," Comic-Con's programming schedule states.

Designer Will Wright's former studio did not provide any further details on the project. However, Electronic Arts listed "Spore Title TBA" in its February quarterly financial report as a March 2011 release, and EA has also registered URL darkspore.com. We'll have all the details for you on the 24th.

Sharkey says: I'm intrigued. Will Wright is no longer on board, but the core mechanics in place could make for an interesting action role-playing game. Spore meets a sci-fi Civilization? The team behind Sim City and Spore might be able to pull that off.